Episode 90. Professor (8)

The demon restraint device developed by Professor Cliff is a safety device that, if a demon beast attempts an attack on those designated for protection, it instantly sends an electric current through their necks to kill them.

“Basically, all humans are set as protection targets, but… .”

Cliff showed a controller the size of his palm to Yuri with a stiff face and smiled meanly.

“Depending on the circumstances, it is possible to make exceptions.”

There is also a function to prevent going berserk by continuously injecting a powerful stabilizer into the Demon Beast Restraint, so even if the Hound runs rampant in the light, there is no harm to other students.

“Come on, Yuri. I will give everyone here a chance to show the courage you talked about.”

“… .”

“Why are you standing still when you shout so loudly? If you’re going to accuse me of being a cowardly professor who couldn’t even stand on the front line, shouldn’t you first prove otherwise?”

“… All right, Professor.”

Charlotte, who was looking at Professor Cliff and the cage with trembling eyes, grabbed Yuri’s hand as he was about to go down to the podium with the Miseri Code.

“Yuri, let’s just ignore it. It’s too dangerous… ! No matter how strong you are, facing four hounds alone is-”

“From now on, this is not a matter of my pride, but a fight for the honor of those who protect the border against vampires and beasts.”

“Yuri… .”

“If I step away from here, I will have no face seeing you.”

I let go of Yuri’s hand, which was completely determined.

Charlotte turned around and looked at Dana with teary eyes.

“professor… ?”

but… . Up until now, she had been looking at the demon cage with nervous eyes, but she was just looking down at the podium with her arms crossed and an incomprehensible smile.

Charlotte’s ears were filled with the excitement of the students.

“Hey, I thought he was really going to fight a demon? Isn’t this a bit dangerous?”

“What do I know? It’s not like anyone told me to fight. We just have to watch.”

“that’s right. It uses unique magic, so it will survive on its own.”

“Would you like to bet which of us will win?”

The atmosphere in the classroom started heating up like an arena just before a beast and a gladiator fight.

Charlotte alone couldn’t seem to cool the energy rising in this place, so she just stomped her feet.

In the meantime. Receiving everyone’s attention, Cliff sneered at Yuri, who had come down to the podium.

“The courage you speak of doesn’t mean you’re crushing demon beasts with your own magic, right? If it ends with just crushing the demons with unreasonable talent, what kind of nobility and responsibility can we find there?”

“… .”

“I believe it will show me and the students what the bloody struggle of heroes who sacrificed their lives to serve on the frontlines is. Don’t give up on our expectations… . ha ha ha!”

Chunk.

kiik-

At the ghastly metal sound, Charlotte’s heart began to beat.

‘As expected, I can’t stay still… ! I have to fight with you!’

When one of the hounds exposed its salivating mouth outside the cage, Charlotte rushed to the pulpit without hesitation.

“Oh my, it’s a big deal!”

Along with Dana’s mischievous shout, blood splattered on the faces of the students who looked down at the podium with relaxed eyes.

* * *

“Ahhhhh… ! Buy, save me!!”

At Professor Cliff’s scream of being bitten by the Hound, all the students in the classroom froze.

“… !”

Yuri, who had lost sight of him for a moment, quickly distanced himself from the cage as soon as he realized that he had given up on the rest of the hounds.

“This… ?”

However, before I knew it, a large soap bubble was protecting Yuri and Charlotte.

“Guys-! Are you not hurt?”

Dana ran to Charlotte, stepping on the stumbling hounds on the floor blocked by the protective barrier, and kicked her tongue at Cliff struggling on the floor.

“I heard that you are an expert in horsemanship, so I thought you could easily defend yourself… . Oh, this is not it. Charlotte, I need your strength!”

Only then did the students sitting at the back, who grasped the situation, open the door as if breaking it, and the classroom was instantly filled with chaos.

“Hey, get out of the way! What are you doing in front of me!!”

“Hey, stop pushing… !”

Even as more than a hundred people, whitewashed and tangled up in an attempt to escape through the cramped doorway.

Dana didn’t even look at them and grabbed Charlotte’s shoulder.

“That bastard biting Professor Cliff, the restraints seem to be broken! If we continue to bask in the light like this, everyone here is in danger!”

“No, that’s right. I need to block the light source right now… !”

“that’s right. But Yuri and I can’t fight well in such a dark place… . The only one who can hunt them now is you.”

Dana squeezed Charlotte’s shoulders, who involuntarily swallowed saliva, and looked into her red pupils.

“We will protect the students. Will you stop them while Yuri and I maintain the shield?”

“… .”

Dana said that everyone’s lives depended on you.

The shiver disappeared from Charlotte’s body.

“I will try.”

“great.”

Charlotte nodded and glared at the Hound.

“then. Turn off the fire?”

widely-

Dana smiled and snapped her fingers, and in an instant the classroom went dark with not a single ray of light remaining.

“Twas, what kind of idiot turned off the lights?!”

“What are you doing in front of me-! Open the door!”

“Don’t you think I’m blocking you? Locked the door outside! We’re trapped here right now!”

The tightly locked door wouldn’t open no matter how many knocks were made, and even the shimmering light leaking through the cracks in the door disappeared.

What students can feel in the classroom where they cannot see an inch ahead is the fearful shouts of the people around them.

“Someone use some fairy lights… !”

“I’ve been looking at it since before, but the lights keep going out… .”

It was only the fishy scent of blood that became clearer as time went on.

As the dark red smell gradually grew thicker, even the students who had been screaming for hoarseness closed their mouths.

“T_T… . please someone help me… .”

“mom… .”

“Yuri, are you there? save us… !”

As the screams and screams subsided, the podium was covered with tearful pleas and low growls.

As the red moon rises, crimson eyes glow and begin to rise.

‘Esca, please allow me to kill myself.’

Something dark bloomed from Charlotte’s body, swaying.

Eventually, Esca answered her prayers, and the darkness that bloomed from her began to flow across the classroom toward the Hound, which was crushing Professor Cliff.

“Grrr… ?”

In a space where light is blocked, let the energy that spreads secretly and quickly like a snake gradually form a sharper and clearer form.

The Hound, who forgot even his hunting instinct and looked back with his mouth open… .

“Ke, kek… !”

Wow-

Caught by its sharp, invisible claws, it floated through the air and was torn apart like a piece of paper.

Red wings sprouted from Charlotte, who was hit by the fountain of blood and intestines spouting from the Witchbeast.

At first, it was only a skeleton, but when feathers like arrowheads gathered together, it began to flap its wings silently.

In the dense darkness, the hounds, with their eyes shining in front of them, focused their energy toward the ceiling without barking so that they could avoid the darkness that was immediately launched.

“Grrr… .”

It was hunting time for the eagle owl, a predator that quietly glides across the night sky.

* * *

The night hides on the other side of the darkness, increasing its size.

Its appearance resembles that of a priest offering alms to the gods.

With no blood shed in vain, the prey lay on the floor, clean only of bones and viscera.

“Kreur… . aaa… !”

The Hounds now set up camp to survive.

Charlotte spread her wings and flew up, snatched up the lead hound in an instant and strangled her.

In the eyes of the students who were distracted by the podium, all they could see was red eyes falling down and then rising up, drawing soft tails like comets.

Everyone covered their mouths, trying not to breathe too much, and listened to the hound’s groans of anguish as he kicked back in the air.

pop-

Soon, with the sound of something exploding, a group of stars spread out in the darkroom.

If rubies were finely ground and sprinkled in the sky, would they shine like that?

The red Milky Way, created by the drops of blood, gave off a soft light like a star, revealing only Charlotte’s silhouette.

The lord of the night, as beautiful as a jewel, ruthlessly looking down on his prey.

Even if you don’t use blood magic, a vampire who fights with the power of Esca… . Since 600 years ago, it has reigned as an object of fear to demon beasts.

“Ki-ing… . beep-”

The two remaining hounds completely lost their will to fight, and submitted to the predators who looked down on them. The results were disastrous.

“Keng!”

Patter.

With a shriek, indescribable things rolled across the podium.

Across the Milky Way, now thick like mist, Charlotte folded her wings and approached Cliff.

“Professor Cliff.”

“Uh, uh… !”

After being driven to the brink of death by the Hound, he barely came to his senses and sat down and took a backward step.

“You have shed a lot of blood.”

“ah… .”

“Drink my blood. If you truly revere Esca, he will help you.”

“… .”

Completely overwhelmed by Charlotte, Cliff trembled and crawled towards her, drinking the blood that flowed down her wrists.

‘As planned!’

Watching it among the students, Dana suppressed a laugh.

In fact, for Dana, subduing four hounds was a simple task that she could do even while lying down.

It was possible to teleport all students to a safe place, and it was possible to blow up all of us before the hound came out.

Contrary to what he had told Charlotte, it wasn’t that she couldn’t fight in the dark.

‘but… . A professor like that will come to his senses once he’s bitten by the Witchbeast.’

As she listened to Cliff insult the vampires in front of Charlotte, she couldn’t help but feel the feelings creeping up in her chest.

Seeing that he insults and lifts even the frontline vampires who are still fighting the demons, it seems that he is trying to instill his own biased views into the students using history as an excuse.

‘A professor is a writer who puts his own subjectivity into education… . Have you realized how precious it is to have someone who protects you from the Witchbeast?’

It was Dana who was preparing to fire support in case Charlotte was hurt, but… .

‘It was more overwhelming than I thought.’

Dana watched Cliff kneeling among the remains of the hounds, appreciating the elegance of the Night Clan.

“You who insulted our race, now you fear Esca.”

“crime… . sorry… .”

After confirming that Professor Cliff’s blood had stopped, Charlotte’s voice, as cold as the moon, resounded throughout the lecture hall.

“As you said, in the end we have to drink someone else’s blood. The blood you drank was also offered by my precious servant.”

“… .”

“We will live a life in which that sacrifice is never in vain.”

Charlotte’s red eyes were now extending not only to Cliff, but also to the students.

“As you have seen today, we are shedding blood on the frontlines now and will continue to shed it in order to protect and save you. I will not deny the sins of my ancestors in the distant past.”

“… .”

“Just watch.”

The struggle and repentance of vampires.